New Steel Fabrication Capability Directory (23 Sep 2005)
The Industry Capability Network of WA (ICNWA) and Alcoa will launch a new online capability directory with steel fabricators in the Peel and South West regions on Tuesday 27 September.
This Australia-first initiative follows a steel fabrication industry forum earlier this year to discuss business s...
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HMAS Sirius to get ShipShape™ (23 Sep 2005)
East Coast consulting firm Capability by Design Pty Ltd (CBD) has teamed up with WA oil and gas engineering firm PCT Engineers Pty Ltd and Teekay Shipping to produce Australia’s first safety case report for the Department of Defence utilising an asset management solution called “ShipShape™”.
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Three groups bid for Gateway upgrade (23 Sep 2005)
Three consortia will be invited to tender for the $1.6 billion Gateway Upgrade Project in Queensland. Queensland Motorways Limited, who is delivering the project on the behalf of the Qld Government, has selected the following groups to tender for the project:
Leighton Abigroup joint venture...
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New MetroRail: Sandgroper to commence tunnel boring (23 Sep 2005)
The New MetroRail project has entered the next construction phase with the unveiling of the new purpose-built tunnel boring machine (TBM). The TBM will be used to bore two 770m tunnels beneath William Street, Perth.
Coined ‘the Sandgroper’, the 60m-long, 300-tonne TBM represents the cutting e...
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State to build new stadium (23 Sep 2005)
Perth’s proposed new multi-purpose indoor stadium will be built, funded and owned by the WA Government at an estimated cost of $160 million. The State Government has decided to design and build the new facility itself after an unsuccessful bid to involve the private sector in the development o...
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Construction commences on Natural Fuel facility (23 Sep 2005)
The first sod for Australia’s largest biodiesel facility has been turned. The $77 million biodiesel project is being constructed on land beside the recently opened $55 million Vopak Darwin Industry Fuel terminal in the Darwin Business Park at East Arm.
Natural Fuel Australia Ltd has subleased...
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John Brookes now producing (23 Sep 2005)
Production has commenced from the John Brookes offshore gas development in the Carnarvon Basin, WA at an initial flow rate of approximately 60-80 terajoules per day (TJ/d).
The $300 million Apache-operated field development incorporates a minimum facilities un-manned platform with three production ...
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Arrow Energy and Beach Petroleum agree terms for Tipton West Project (23 Sep 2005)
Arrow Energy NL and Beach Petroleum Ltd have entered into an agreement for Beach to farm-in to the Tipton West project by providing development funding in return for upstream equity.
Under the terms of the agreement (which is subject to final long-form documentation and an agreed development plan) ...
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Arrow & Alinta execute agreement for Daandine generation project (23 Sep 2005)
Arrow Energy NL has executed a heads of agreement (HOA) with Alinta Ltd for Alinta to finance and operate the $27 million power station component of its gas-fired electricity generation project of 27.4MW, to be located near Dalby in South East Queensland.
The Daandine Generation Project consists of...
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APA investment in Qld coal seam gas processing facilities (23 Sep 2005)
Australian Pipeline Trust (APA) announced that the agreements with Arrow Energy and CS Energy to build, own and operate a $13 million coal-seam gas processing facility at Kogan, west of Brisbane are now unconditional.
The facility will process four petajoules of gas a year, enough to generate suffi...
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Queensland Govt begins Aurukun bid process (23 Sep 2005)
The Queensland Government is inviting international bids for the Aurukun Bauxite Project.Premier Peter Beattie said the bid process would lead to the selection of a preferred developer for the massive Aurukun bauxite project on Western Cape York.
The government’s goal with the Aurukun bauxit...
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Strong minerals exploration expenditure (23 Sep 2005)
Expenditure on mineral exploration in WA for the June quarter 2005 was the highest since 1998, according to figures recently released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Mineral exploration increased 20 per cent from comparable figures in 2004 to $167 million.In the June 2005 quarter, there was...
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Exploration and mining of uranium (23 Sep 2005)
Considerable comment has surfaced in the last few months about uranium mining in Australia. CCI has invited two industry experts to present their viewpoint on exploration and mining of uranium in WA to CCI members in a lunchtime briefing.
Speakers at the event will be Nova Energy Chairman Tim...
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New regional buying centre for the South-West (23 Sep 2005)
A Regional Buying Centre targeting the South West region and located in Bunbury, WA, is now operational.
The key objective of the new centre is to co-ordinate and streamline State Government buying in the region, and to shift more buying to the South-West. The focus to date has been on...
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